Jaipur eats Rajasthani: the baked baati with five-lentil dal, the gram-flour gatte, the desert ker sangri, the bajra roti; and it snacks on kachori and mirchi vada with chai. The sweet houses are the institutions, the thali is the meal, and the Raja Park street is the evening. The pages below name the dishes and the long-established houses; they do not rank them.
Pyaaz Kachori
The onion kachori that Jaipur made its own — a flaky shell around a spiced onion filling, eaten hot with chutney.
Dal Baati Churma
The dish of Rajasthan: baked wheat balls, five-lentil dal, and the sweet crumbled churma, with ghee poured over everything.
Ghewar
The honeycomb sweet of the monsoon — a disc of fried batter soaked in syrup and topped with malai or mawa, made for Teej.
Laal Maas
The red mutton curry of the Rajput kitchens, cooked with Mathania chillies, garlic and ghee.
Mirchi Vada
The whole green chilli stuffed with spiced potato, dipped in gram batter and fried — the street snack of the winter morning.
The Rajasthani Thali
The whole kitchen on one plate: dal baati churma, gatte ki sabzi, ker sangri, kadhi, bajra roti, and the sweets.
Lassi, Kulfi & the Cold Things
Lassi in a clay kulhad, kulfi on the stick, kesar doodh in winter — the drinks and ices of the Jaipur street.
The Sweets of Jaipur
Ghewar, feeni, mishri mawa, mawa kachori, besan chakki and the sweet houses that make them.
Street Food & Chaat
Golgappa, aloo tikki, dahi bhalla, kulcha and the evening stalls of Raja Park, Bapu Bazaar and the station side.
Where Jaipur Eats
The old restaurants, the thali houses, the sweet-house dining rooms and the palace tables — the names that have lasted.
Named houses on this page
Spice Court
Rajasthani curries, jungli maas · Civil Lines
The Rajput Room, Rambagh Palace
Rajasthani and Indian dining in the palace · Bhawani Singh Road
Chokhi Dhani
Rajasthani thali with the village show · Tonk Road
Thali & More
Vegetarian thalis · C-Scheme
Check the current position
Shops close, kitchens change hands and timings move. These open a search in a new tab.
A note on this page. This is an independent reference page compiled from published information, current as of 2026. WelcomeToJaipur.in is not connected to any shop, restaurant or institution named here, takes no commission and does not rank or endorse. Check addresses and hours before you travel.
Names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.